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Ghana and Liberia share timber legality lessons with Laos and the Republic of the Congo

Ghana and Liberia share timber legality lessons with Laos and the Republic of the Congo

In November 2018, a group of visitors from Laos found themselves in a forest in Liberia, learning how the country’s forestry officials track timber through the supply chain.

Delegations from Laos and the Republic of the Congo at a logging concession in Ghana’s Sefwi Wiawso District by Capture Ghana, EU FLEGT Facility

A few days later they got to do the same in Ghana.

Their visits — and that of a team from Republic of the Congo to Ghana — were made in the context of the Voluntary Partnership Agreements that all four countries are negotiating or implementing with the EU.

In this feature story, the visitors explain what they got out of the exchanges and how they plan to make use of the lessons they learned.

About the EU FLEGT Facility

The EU FLEGT Facility supports the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan with a focus on Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs). The EU FLEGT Action Plan sets out a programme of actions that forms the EU’s response to the problem of illegal logging and the trade in associated timber products. The Facility is hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI), and was established in 2007.

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